Best Stories of the 1914 European War

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Various

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Produced by Brian Coe, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)

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English

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D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

World War, 1914-1918

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48029

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48029

Release Date

January 19, 2015

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Best Stories OF THE 1914 European War COMPILED FROM ALL SOURCES — WAR STORIES
2. 2.WHERE MIGHTY BATTLE ROARS
3. 3.WOULD HAVE DIED TO A MAN
4. 4.PARIS, GRAVE AND GAY
5. 5.WHY RUSSIA NEEDED AUTOS
6. 6.WHEN THE CRUISER AMPHION WENT DOWN
7. 7.SHELLS BURST IN WHEAT FIELDS
8. 8.RIDERLESS HORSES IN LOUVAIN
9. 9.GERMANS SHOT NONCOMBATANTS
10. 10.SIX SHEEP FOR BELGIAN QUEEN
11. 11.THE MARCH ON TO BRUSSELS
12. 12.ODDS TEN TO ONE NEAR AERSCHOT
13. 13.BAYONET CHARGE UP ALSACE HILLS
14. 14.POLICE DOGS USED ON AMERICANS
15. 15.MORASSES HOLLAND’S FRIEND
16. 16.ENGLISH GIRL WOULD BE AIR SCOUT
17. 17.THE BUSY AEROPLANES
18. 18.OSTEND IN PANIC AS FOE CAME
19. 19.AUSTRIAN CRUISER SHOT TO PIECES
20. 20.BLEW UP FORT AND DIED A HERO
21. 21.BRITISH “TOMMIES” COOL IN BATTLE
22. 22.5,000 GUESTS IN SMALL TOWN
23. 23.CHARLEROI A CITY OF DEAD
24. 24.HANSI REBUKES HIS CAPTOR
25. 25.LIGHT BRIGADE OUTDONE
26. 26.WOMAN GETS COUNT’S SWORD
27. 27.“CRIME TO SPARE SPY’S LIFE”
28. 28.CHANGE SCHMIDT TO SMITH
29. 29.CAMP FOR GERMAN SUSPECTS
30. 30.HEROISM OF PRINCE
31. 31.“GOOD-BY, MR. FLYING MAN!”
32. 32.WOMAN SAW ZEPPELIN WORK
33. 33.SAW WOMEN SHOT
34. 34.FOUGHT SINGING MARSEILLAISE
35. 35.RODE INTO DEATH’S JAWS
36. 36.TROOPER BROKE GIRL’S JAW
37. 37.WOMAN’S GRIM RETORT
38. 38.“I KNOW NOTHING, SIR!”
39. 39.DRUNK WITH BATTLE JOY
40. 40.MODERN BULLETS DRILL CLEAN
41. 41.THIRTY LEFT OUT OF 2,000
42. 42.OLD AND YOUNG ALIKE KILLED
43. 43.LEFT TIP FOR POLICE
44. 44.MINE KILLS WHOLE COMPANY
45. 45.TITLED WOMEN PROUD OF SONS
46. 46.“GERMANS A BRAVE LOT”
47. 47.COMMANDER GOES MAD
48. 48.SHOT 11 TIMES; STILL FIGHTING
49. 49.HERE’S A KITCHENER STORY
50. 50.THEY HELD UP THE KAISER
51. 51.“SAY THAT I WAS UNCONSCIOUS!”
52. 52.BAYONET CHARGES A RELIEF
53. 53.“WOMAN” SPY FOOLED GIRL
54. 54.A CITY OF DARKNESS
55. 55.“I LOSE FEW BULLETS!”
56. 56.AIRMAN’S THRILLING TRIP
57. 57.THREW SHELLS OVERBOARD
58. 58.DIED CHEERING EMPEROR
59. 59.SAVED; THEN THROWN INTO THE SEA
60. 60.“FRENCH ARE VERY KIND”
61. 61.“I AM FIGHTING AGAINST MY SON!”
62. 62.WHO WAS THE WOMAN?
63. 63.“WE DON’T WANT YOUR KAISER!”
64. 64.KING HONORS BOY SCOUT HERO
65. 65.THOUGHT FOES WERE FRIENDS
66. 66.GERMANS TRICKED TO DEATH
67. 67.SIGNAL DREW FATAL VOLLEY
68. 68.AMERICAN WOMEN’S ADVENTURE
69. 69.BOMBARDMENT OF—KISSES!
70. 70.GERMAN ARMY WONDERFUL
71. 71.HE WASN’T HER HUSBAND
72. 72.COOL NERVE OF BELGIANS
73. 73.JOKE WHILE BULLETS FLY
74. 74.“AIM AT BUTTON, HIT GERMAN”
75. 75.WHAT HAPPENED? GOD KNOWS!
76. 76.THOUGHT SCOTS AMAZONS
77. 77.MOTHER’S TRIBUTE TO SON
78. 78.SAYS PRINCE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE
79. 79.“GET THE GUNS BACK!”
80. 80.THE IRREPRESSIBLE CAMERA MAN
81. 81.SAW FIFTY ZEPPELINS
82. 82.JEWS BRAVE FIGHTERS
83. 83.“KILL FOE OR WE WON’T MARRY!”
84. 84.A CLOSE CALL
85. 85.WAITING FOR THE GERMANS
86. 86.STUCK TO THE BATTERY
87. 87.HORSESHOER’S FEAT
88. 88.“TOO COMMUNICATIVE”
89. 89.BOMB HIS CALLING CARD
90. 90.RETREAT OF DIPLOMATS
91. 91.“GERMANS WENT MAD”
92. 92.WOMEN NURSES IN BREECHES
93. 93.AUTO ROUGH RIDERS
94. 94.FIRST AID BY POLICE DOGS
95. 95.FLEEING FROM PARIS
96. 96.THEIR PICNIC SPOILED
97. 97.PAINT HORSES GREEN
98. 98.ENTERED GERMAN HARBOR
99. 99.HE KNEW CONEY ISLAND
100. 100.“MORE WAITING FOR YOU”
101. 101.“YES, TAKE A PICTURE”
102. 102.HER FEET HER PASSPORT
103. 103.TRAWLERS WORTHY OF FLEET
104. 104.“NOTHING SEEMS TO STOP THEM”
105. 105.DIRGE A SIGNAL TO FIRE
106. 106.HUMAN SIEVE
107. 107.“PARLEZ VOUS FRANCAIS”
108. 108.KAISER STILL BRITISH ADMIRAL
109. 109.LIGHT BRIGADE OUTDONE
110. 110.KAISER SEES BOMBARDMENT
111. 111.TRAPS 28 GERMANS
112. 112.ESCAPED WITH A LAUGH
113. 113.“WEEL DONE, SANDY!”
114. 114.LIFEBOATS A MINE TRAP
115. 115.SHOOT POISONOUS GASES
116. 116.CHILDREN WANTED TO FIGHT
117. 117.“PRISONERS NOT WANTED”
118. 118.4,000 AUSTRIANS FAST IN BOG
119. 119.FRENCH CAVALRY’S FEAT
120. 120.KILLED AS HIS MEN FLED
121. 121.THINK OF KAISER AND GOD
122. 122.PENANCE, NOT TENNIS
123. 123.CROSS ON PRIEST AS TARGET
124. 124.KAISER’S HEAD SAVED HIM
125. 125.WHITLOCK SAVES TEN SCHOLARS FROM DEATH
126. 126.SHOULD SHE HAVE LIED?
127. 127.GERMAN CAVALRY AFOOT
128. 128.AIRMEN DODGE BULLETS
129. 129.GERMAN SPIES RECKLESS
130. 130.LIKE A MELODRAMA
131. 131.ALL FOLLOWED THE BOTTLE
132. 132.“JACQUES DID HIS DUTY!”
133. 133.“THE SCOUNDRELS!”
134. 134.MOVIE THRILLER OUTDONE
135. 135.DUG WAY TO SAFETY
136. 136.BRITISH DRAGOON’S EXPLOIT
137. 137.SAVED HIS COMMANDER
138. 138.GETTING REAL CRUSTY
139. 139.BATTLES QUITE THE THING
140. 140.CHILD PLAYED AMID DEAD
141. 141.POISONING WATER
142. 142.TRIED TO ROW TO WAR
143. 143.DECORATED ON BATTLEFIELD
144. 144.HUSSAR LED 300 CAPTIVE
145. 145.WHAT’S WAR TO DICTIONARY?
146. 146.HAYFORK PART OF DINNER SET
147. 147.LAST DRINK KILLS HIM
148. 148.SONS IN EACH ARMY
149. 149.KAISER IN TEARS AS HE SIGNED WAR ORDER
150. 150.KAISER’S OWN MOVIES
151. 151.ONE FRENCHMAN DRIVES OFF FIFTEEN
152. 152.SANG FOR THEIR DINNER
153. 153.GERMAN AIRMEN’S DARING
154. 154.PRINCE JOACHIM’S BRAVERY
155. 155.CAUSE OF AERSCHOT TRAGEDY
156. 156.U.S. TARS SING BRITONS’ HYMN
157. 157.WHOLE FAMILIES WIPED OUT
158. 158.“YOU FIGHT DISHONORABLY, SIR!”
159. 159.CONTENTS

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